Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of Grain Protectants Applied to Farm-Stored Wheat at Harvest and Later

Autor: John R. Pedersen, Carl Reed, G. W. Cuperus
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Journal of Economic Entomology. 86:1590-1598
ISSN: 1938-291X
0022-0493
DOI: 10.1093/jee/86.5.1590
Popis: Studies were conducted in 1989 and 1990 in wheat stored on farms in Kansas and Oklahoma to compare the recommended harvest-time application of grain protectant with a delayed application (4-6 wk after harvest) to a portion of the grain mass. In 1989, chlorpyrifos-methyl was applied by both methods to unaerated wheat. In 1990, the two application procedures were compared as part of an integrated program of insect pest management, and either chlorpyrifos-methyl or malathion was applied. Although the delayed application of chlorpyrifos-methyl appeared to reduce the number of insects captured in probe traps, and produced 98 ± 1.1% mortality when bioassayed after 5 mo of storage, it did not significantly reduce insect density in samples from aerated lots and was not cost effective compared with no grain protectant. When malathion was used, neither the delayed application nor the application at harvest significantly reduced insect density in the stored wheat. Treatment with chlorpyrifos-methyl, either at harvest or later, significantly (P
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